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Warren and I are always looking for local chess events that we can attend. To our surprise there really aren’t too many! There was a group that met at Barnes & Noble in Roswell. That group stopped a year ago. We noticed chess.com has partnered with meetup.com to create a national chess meetup day. We are excited to find an event located in our area!

Starbucks is only 10 minutes from our house. The sun was shining early, so we had all the makings for a good morning! It was a little cool. We shivered through it and enjoyed a few hours of playing chess. At one point we had as many as five games being played at once! I had the pleasure of playing Henry, Dave, and Krish and losing to each of them. I did have one victorious rematch. I noticed that everyone was sure to acknowledge they were beginners before starting a game. You could slowly start to see who has been playing chess for years! Chess tournaments can be extremely competitive. This relaxed atmosphere of casual chess games was a lot more enjoyable for me.

I personally enjoyed meeting local chess enthusiasts and would love to keep this group going. Does anyone have ideas of locations in the Kennesaw/Marietta area that might allow 10 – 20 players to play chess comfortably for a few hours? It sounds like we missed a few people unable to make it in the morning. Maybe we can meet one Saturday morning each month and one weekday evening a month to accommodate all schedules. Warren and I created a Chess Made Fun Facebook page. We will post chess events in our area. Be sure to click on the link and “Like” our page. We will send you invitations to all events so you do not miss out on an opportunity to get your brain workout!

For those of you who don’t remember that cool April morning at Starbucks in 2011, take a close look at the pictures.

Our Breakthrough

We truly feel the wonderful game of chess can and will benefit families and groups. The game of chess it seems is being unearthed in a new and balanced way to improve social interactions. Chess is being adapted to exploit metacognition (learning to learn) and situational analysis. As a result, family relationships may be strengthened and channels to personal growth developed.

Chess Made Fun is not a popular learning program for our youth, nor is it a "Hair Club for Men" of the past. We do not relegate chess to an allurement or form of entertainment. Our effort and approach to teaching chess through therapeutic means, unshackles the game and reveals chess for what it truly is — a gateway to understanding the natural world.

Visualization becomes a powerful tool to young and old minds where wonder and breakthrough energies abound. Like never before, our special relationship with this remarkable game and the way we deliver it will truly benefit families for years to come. Read On...

culture change

Chess made its resurgence in the United States when Harry Potter became the reigning chess champion — RIP Robert F.

Laura Sherman wrote a first of its kind book titled "Chess Is Child's Play". What she said about it —
"This isn't a children's book. That's why there aren't any colorful illustrations or cartoon characters. It is a book written for parents. It's written for you!" Read On...

Endgame (stylized ENDGAMƎ) is a popular Canadian television drama series from 2011 now exclusively broadcast on Hulu.

Chess is played, but more often displayed as a clever accessory. Chess enthusiasts see "Chess as Art", but realize the distinction in the public eye. Chess is a dirty game with its twists and turns. Unadapted to health and higher learning institutions, chess collects dust in dark spaces where it remains clean and unencumbered. Our sincere hope is to thwart both ideas in popular culture, business circles, even to gamers who clamor to HDTV.